View from the Summit

Isacsson, Magnus, (film director.). Lapointe, Paul, (film producer.). Wong, Germaine Ying Gee, (film producer.). Mňard, Jacques, (film producer.). Lapointe, Paul, (film producer.). Bochner, Sally, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.). Les Productions Érži Inc. (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: It's April 20, 2001 - and Quebec City prepares to host the three-day Summit of the Americas. A four-kilometre fence has been erected, cutting off the Upper Town from the rest of the city. Thirty-four heads of state from the Americas will meet behind closed doors to discuss agreements for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Those opposed to the FTAA are mobilizing and gathering in Quebec City, too. Several thousand delegates have come to participate in the People's Summit, and tens of thousands will march in protest. Six thousand police officers fill the streets and it looks as if the historic Quebec capital is under siege. The local population fears the worst. Will the Quebec capital become a battleground? Shot in cinm̌a vřit ̌style by seven of Quebec's best documentary filmmakers, View from the Summit vividly portrays what happens when passionate and creative protesters clash with the ideologies of those in power.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (75 min., 15 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2012.
Copyright: ♭2002

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency:.Co-produced by les Productions Érži Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of the Film and Television Tax Credit - Qub̌ec; Sodec - Sociť ̌de dv̌eloppement des entreprises culturelles - Qub̌ec; the Canada Film or Video Tax Credit and in association with TVOntario and Tľ-̌Qub̌ec.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Script, Magnus Isacsson ; directing, Magnus Isacsson ; principal photography, Franȯis Beauchemin, Rňald Bellemare, Henry Bernadet, Martin Duckworth, Andrei Khabad, Eve Lamont, Martin Leclerc, Jean-Pierre Saint-Louis ; editing, Louise Ct̥ ̌; music, Ren ̌Lussier ; research, Gavin Andrews, Henry Bernadet, Luc Ct̥,̌ Anne Henderson, Magnus Isacsson, Paul Lapointe ; sound recording, Éric Celton, Marie-France Delagrave, Craig Lapp, Bertrand Lemoine, Hubert Mac ̌de Gastines, Chantal Rhǎume, Yves Saint-Jean, Philippe Scultťy, Victor Tendler, Alain Tremblay ; sound design, Martin Allard, Hugo Brochu ; sound editing, Martin Allard, Hugo Brochu ; music recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Patrick Viegas ; sound mix, Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard ; archival research, Jocelyne Clarke, Andrea Henriquez ; producer, Paul Lapointe, Germaine Ying Gee Wong, Jacques Mňard ; executive producer, Paul Lapointe, Sally Bochner.
Participant or Performer Note:	Participation, Thomas D'Aquino, Philippe Duhamel, Richard Feinberg, Pierre Goupil, Tania Hall,̌ Graciela Rodriguez.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2002.
Target Audience Note:	11-17.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).